Chewy Spiced Oatmeal And Cashew Cookies

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 225 g butter
• 200 g caster sugar
• 200 g dark brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 250 g flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 270 g rolled oats
• 150 g chopped cashews

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 190°c.
• 2 cream the butter and two sugars until fluffy.
• 3 beat in the eggs one by one and add the vanilla.
• 4 in a separate bowl, mix together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and pepper.
• 5 stir this mix into the butter mixture.
• 6 stir in the oats and cashew nuts.
• 7 chill for an hour in the fridge, then spoon golfball-sized balls of mixture onto a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
• 8 when ready, remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the baking sheet onto a cooling rack.